Shorting isn't something you can do with every stock. In fact there are even stocks in major indexes that can't be shorted. When you short a stock, you are essentially borrowing the stock, selling it and promising to return it in the future. But, you have to borrow the stock from someone. Most penny stocks would be considered "hard to borrow" and not available for shorting.
Further, there are rules about when you can short a stock - only on an uptick.
Bottom line, shorting isn't usually possible in these situations. This is probably why the spammers chose the penny stocks - cheap to take a position, don't have to worry about people shorting the stock AND there are usually not that many shares outstanding, so it doesn't take much to move the market.
Well, Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company that has been convicted of monopolistic pratices and Ubuntu is a tiny corp that gives its product away, for one.
MS also has the cash to support a huge infrastructure of programmers, testers, etc. Yet, they seem to always be shooting themselves in the foot. Doesn't stop them from swimming in money, but maybe, one day, it will.
Well, either that or the Yankee Group is hoping to play some games with Nintendo's stock price. They announce that Big N gets 16%, short the stock, then buy a bunch right before the Wii comes out. These estimates are not aimed at video game players, after all, they are aimed at investors.
Your opion of Merchant/Ivory is your own, but to come down on them for using "posh English accents" is pretty silly - they are English! And, regardless of your opinion of their work, they do aim to make "art".
I enjoy MI films, I enjoy classical music and jazz, as well as ballet. Nice of you to lump anyone who has liked "Remains of the Day" as a poser.
I do agree that gaming is in its infancy as an art form. However, I think we've seen some pretty interesting and mature games already. Certainly Myst was worth something. I thought the Marathon games were pretty impressive. Games like Civ, SimCity, etc are capable of making you think. So, yeah, I call BS just like everyone else!
While you do have added expense in testing, adding versions for more systems can pay off. Back when I didn't own a Windows PC, just a Mac, I bought just about every game for the Mac that came out. The other Mac owners I knew did the same.
I think that some games might really benefit from selling 100K or so more copies and porting the game allows a developer to do that.
I think that one of the problems is that graphics are an engineering issue. That is, companies develop engineering approaches to pushing more polygons, modeling physics, etc. Gameplay is a design issue, an art of its own.
Right now, engineering and techincal design are "ahead" of gameplay. Maybe at some point, when we've wrung all we can out of the graphics cards, game design and gameplay will come to the fore again.
Nice try, but carbon dating only works up to 60K years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating. The distance and time out to quasars is billions of years - beggining of universe type time.
As Napster and AllOfMp3 have proven, there is a demand for music produced by the no-talent barn owl screechers. Clearly people WANT what AllOfMp3 is selling - the question is if this is legal or ethical. After all, plenty of folks want Rolex watches, but most of us know that a Rolex sold out of the back of a truck is probably stolen or fake.
I do think that the global music industry needs to look at pricing and distribution and reasses their approach. If they had embraced digital distribution early, instead of rejecting it, my guess is that shops like AllOfMp3 would have never opened.
Forget downloading child porn - what if some guy was using your open network to distribute the stuff? Imagine the fun that could cause. Remember that the Supreme Court just approved "no knock" warrent searches. And, if the cops or Feds tear up your home looking for kiddy porn, even if you are perfectly innocent, they don't pay to fix it.
So, while it is great to be nice and offer bandwidth for free, you are putting yourself at risk by doing so.
I don't hold Goldeneye up as some paragon of video games. In fact, I haven't played it since I gave up my N64 about 5 years ago. It was fun while I played it, I enjoyed it more than other FPSs I played at the time, and that's my point. I didn't care that it didn't have uber graphics or that it was true 3d - I enjoyed it for what it was at the time.
The point is that the post I was responding to claimed that Goldeneye sucked because the graphics sucked. To me, the graphics were good enough.
See, this is the problem game companies have. Goldeneye was a freaking fun game. But, MR PC FPS here thinks that no matter what the game play was like, if it didn't show 100+ frames per second, have 4x anti-aliasing, etc., it sucked.
Thus, creativity in gaming is now measured exclusively by how many frames you can push, how many polygons you can render and how it looks. Yes, for those that complain about the game market, just remember, we've made it that way.
The thing about gaming is that it isn't just for geeks anymore. Madden and NCAA games come out because they sell very well. Folks that are into football, basketball or other major sports like to play with better rosters, more control, etc. The guys who play Madden might be wondering what the big deal is about Oblivion - after all it is the fourth TES game.
I'm not positive this would apply as well but Louisiana's law seems to me to inhibit Interstate Commerce as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_commerce. Video games are products, after all.
Given that pretty much every one of these game bans has been tossed, I'd suggest to State Legislatures that they work on more pressing issues...
If this bill puts us on the slippery slope, what have the Patriot Act, wiretapping, etc. been? Seems to me that banning minors from buying certain games is pretty minor compared to the slope we are already sliding down. Seriously, we have seen the slope and we are on it.
Isn't "time-sink" the whole point of the game? The game isn't exactly struggling for customers, so perhaps it isn't that broken - maybe people like the grind? Yes, having farmers means that the game's economy isn't balanced correctly, but it isn't hurting Blizzard's bottom line - and that is why Blizzard makes games...
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Switch to Ubuntu. No bullshit with the video drivers and with automatix getting all your codecs/media players is easy as pie. Faster too.
I'm married, but I openly purchase porn and even go to strip clubs. Believe it or not, liking pictures and movies of naked ladies is not something I'm embarassed about. Believe it or not, you can like porn and still get laid.
Furthermore, most folks must pay for at least some of their porn, otherwise there wouldn't be a thriving porn industry.
I just flew back to SFO from Detroit, and in front of me in the security line was family in full Muslim garb. The men wore beards, the women were covered. Believe me, they were checked over WAY more than anyone else. The security folks handled it well, as did the "Arabs". If anyone believes that DHS employees don't check Arab-looking people more closely, they've read way too much Ann Coulter.
Bottom line, when you call a lawyer, be very careful what you say. If you mention a public company and potential for class action, they will run with it.
The definition of species is a sticky problem. But, breeding isn't the only criteria. You can put a lion and a tiger together in a zoo and they'll produce a fertile offspring, but they don't generally breed in the wild. We consider wolves and domestic dogs to be seperate species, but they are capable of producing fertile offspring.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the "Silver" membership was free? And they are boastng about the "Silver" attach rate? How many Silver accounts are just folks that had Xbox, then upgraded to the 360?
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Shorting isn't something you can do with every stock. In fact there are even stocks in major indexes that can't be shorted. When you short a stock, you are essentially borrowing the stock, selling it and promising to return it in the future. But, you have to borrow the stock from someone. Most penny stocks would be considered "hard to borrow" and not available for shorting.
Further, there are rules about when you can short a stock - only on an uptick.
Bottom line, shorting isn't usually possible in these situations. This is probably why the spammers chose the penny stocks - cheap to take a position, don't have to worry about people shorting the stock AND there are usually not that many shares outstanding, so it doesn't take much to move the market.
Well, Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company that has been convicted of monopolistic pratices and Ubuntu is a tiny corp that gives its product away, for one.
MS also has the cash to support a huge infrastructure of programmers, testers, etc. Yet, they seem to always be shooting themselves in the foot. Doesn't stop them from swimming in money, but maybe, one day, it will.
Well, either that or the Yankee Group is hoping to play some games with Nintendo's stock price. They announce that Big N gets 16%, short the stock, then buy a bunch right before the Wii comes out. These estimates are not aimed at video game players, after all, they are aimed at investors.
Your opion of Merchant/Ivory is your own, but to come down on them for using "posh English accents" is pretty silly - they are English! And, regardless of your opinion of their work, they do aim to make "art".
I enjoy MI films, I enjoy classical music and jazz, as well as ballet. Nice of you to lump anyone who has liked "Remains of the Day" as a poser.
I do agree that gaming is in its infancy as an art form. However, I think we've seen some pretty interesting and mature games already. Certainly Myst was worth something. I thought the Marathon games were pretty impressive. Games like Civ, SimCity, etc are capable of making you think. So, yeah, I call BS just like everyone else!
While you do have added expense in testing, adding versions for more systems can pay off. Back when I didn't own a Windows PC, just a Mac, I bought just about every game for the Mac that came out. The other Mac owners I knew did the same.
I think that some games might really benefit from selling 100K or so more copies and porting the game allows a developer to do that.
Just an aside, Brent Hatch appears to be the son of Senator Orrin Hatch. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/i s_20030601/ai_n11398911 would seem to bear that out, unless there is another Utah lawyer named Brent Hatch who isn't Sen Hatch's son.
Not sure if it means anything, but I thought it was interesting.
I think that one of the problems is that graphics are an engineering issue. That is, companies develop engineering approaches to pushing more polygons, modeling physics, etc. Gameplay is a design issue, an art of its own.
Right now, engineering and techincal design are "ahead" of gameplay. Maybe at some point, when we've wrung all we can out of the graphics cards, game design and gameplay will come to the fore again.
Nice try, but carbon dating only works up to 60K years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating. The distance and time out to quasars is billions of years - beggining of universe type time.
As Napster and AllOfMp3 have proven, there is a demand for music produced by the no-talent barn owl screechers. Clearly people WANT what AllOfMp3 is selling - the question is if this is legal or ethical. After all, plenty of folks want Rolex watches, but most of us know that a Rolex sold out of the back of a truck is probably stolen or fake.
I do think that the global music industry needs to look at pricing and distribution and reasses their approach. If they had embraced digital distribution early, instead of rejecting it, my guess is that shops like AllOfMp3 would have never opened.
Forget downloading child porn - what if some guy was using your open network to distribute the stuff? Imagine the fun that could cause. Remember that the Supreme Court just approved "no knock" warrent searches. And, if the cops or Feds tear up your home looking for kiddy porn, even if you are perfectly innocent, they don't pay to fix it.
So, while it is great to be nice and offer bandwidth for free, you are putting yourself at risk by doing so.
I don't hold Goldeneye up as some paragon of video games. In fact, I haven't played it since I gave up my N64 about 5 years ago. It was fun while I played it, I enjoyed it more than other FPSs I played at the time, and that's my point. I didn't care that it didn't have uber graphics or that it was true 3d - I enjoyed it for what it was at the time.
The point is that the post I was responding to claimed that Goldeneye sucked because the graphics sucked. To me, the graphics were good enough.
If this were purely a cash cow, the EU would have been collecting since 2004.
Also, got any source for your claims? Looks to me like you are a MS turfer.
I think Fallout came out in 1997 as well. Now there was a fun RPG.
See, this is the problem game companies have. Goldeneye was a freaking fun game. But, MR PC FPS here thinks that no matter what the game play was like, if it didn't show 100+ frames per second, have 4x anti-aliasing, etc., it sucked.
Thus, creativity in gaming is now measured exclusively by how many frames you can push, how many polygons you can render and how it looks. Yes, for those that complain about the game market, just remember, we've made it that way.
The thing about gaming is that it isn't just for geeks anymore. Madden and NCAA games come out because they sell very well. Folks that are into football, basketball or other major sports like to play with better rosters, more control, etc. The guys who play Madden might be wondering what the big deal is about Oblivion - after all it is the fourth TES game.
I'm not positive this would apply as well but Louisiana's law seems to me to inhibit Interstate Commerce as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_commerce. Video games are products, after all.
Given that pretty much every one of these game bans has been tossed, I'd suggest to State Legislatures that they work on more pressing issues...
If this bill puts us on the slippery slope, what have the Patriot Act, wiretapping, etc. been? Seems to me that banning minors from buying certain games is pretty minor compared to the slope we are already sliding down. Seriously, we have seen the slope and we are on it.
Ignoring, of course, the cost and effort of converting said apps to C++.
Isn't "time-sink" the whole point of the game? The game isn't exactly struggling for customers, so perhaps it isn't that broken - maybe people like the grind? Yes, having farmers means that the game's economy isn't balanced correctly, but it isn't hurting Blizzard's bottom line - and that is why Blizzard makes games...
Switch to Ubuntu. No bullshit with the video drivers and with automatix getting all your codecs/media players is easy as pie. Faster too.
I'm married, but I openly purchase porn and even go to strip clubs. Believe it or not, liking pictures and movies of naked ladies is not something I'm embarassed about. Believe it or not, you can like porn and still get laid.
Furthermore, most folks must pay for at least some of their porn, otherwise there wouldn't be a thriving porn industry.
I just flew back to SFO from Detroit, and in front of me in the security line was family in full Muslim garb. The men wore beards, the women were covered. Believe me, they were checked over WAY more than anyone else. The security folks handled it well, as did the "Arabs". If anyone believes that DHS employees don't check Arab-looking people more closely, they've read way too much Ann Coulter.
Bottom line, when you call a lawyer, be very careful what you say. If you mention a public company and potential for class action, they will run with it.
The definition of species is a sticky problem. But, breeding isn't the only criteria. You can put a lion and a tiger together in a zoo and they'll produce a fertile offspring, but they don't generally breed in the wild. We consider wolves and domestic dogs to be seperate species, but they are capable of producing fertile offspring.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the "Silver" membership was free? And they are boastng about the "Silver" attach rate? How many Silver accounts are just folks that had Xbox, then upgraded to the 360?